Pakistan
Analysis: Drone strikes begin to turn the tide
Analysis: Drone strikes begin to turn the tide
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Security forces killed 27 Taliban fighters during operations in Swat, Buner, and Dir, and 10 more during airstrikes on a Taliban training camp in South Waziristan. The bodies of four Mehsud tribesmen loyal to Baitullah were found in Tank. Three small Taliban groups opposed to Baitullah reformed the Abdullah Mehsud Group.
Waziristan a tough nut for Pakistani forces – Los Angeles Times
Sa’ad bin Laden is believed to have been killed in a US Predator airstrike in Pakistan’s tribal areas. The report has not been confirmed.
The Abdullah Mehsud group has been reorganized under the command of Ikhlas Khan.
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The military said “over 50 militants” were killed during operations in Lower Dir on July 19-20. Six Taliban fighters and three soldiers were killed during fighting in Swat. The Taliban killed a Frontier Corps soldier in Bannu and two members of a peace committee in Mohmand.
Pakistan: Swat Taliban leader vows to seize assets of pro-army ‘traitors’
No let-up in US drone war in Pakistan
A look at the trends in the US air campaign against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Seventeen Taliban fighters and one soldier were killed in Swat; the Taliban executed six tribesmen for supporting the government. Three soldiers and “dozens” of Taliban fighters were killed in Lower Dir. The government said it would fire Taliban-linked officials. The defense minister said Ajmal Kasab™s confession to carrying out the Mumbai assault is not legitimate.
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The Taliban killed four policemen during an ambush on a police van in Peshawar. The military killed three Taliban fighters in Swat. The Army said it is “probing Fazlullah™s radio address” to the people of Swat to see if it was recent or a tape.
Mullah Fazlullah has returned to the airwaves. Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters during airstrikes in Arakzai and three more during operations in Swat,